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cdwijs

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Registered: 2010-04-24

Posts: 289

Gaming on 3D monitors

Hi All,

I have seen a 3D television, and I think it will be awesome to play Openarena on it in 3D mode. Therefore I have some questions:

Can open source gaming software be configured to create a 3D signal for such a TV?
Are there passive 3D monitors? I mean the variant where polorized light is used. I am not compatible with shutterglasses, I see it's not a steady picture.

Best regards,
Cedric

cdwijs

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Registered: 2010-04-24

Posts: 289

Re: Gaming on 3D monitors

I have found some monitors with passive 3D:

http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/cat/344/ … tm9qyDm_AQ

Best regards,
Cedric

kokoko3k

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Registered: 2008-11-14

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Re: Gaming on 3D monitors

For sure, i know that on linux nvidia supports stereo only with quadro cards.

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cdwijs

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Registered: 2010-04-24

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Re: Gaming on 3D monitors

As far as I can tell, sterioscopic 3D gaming requires a videocard that can do quad buffered openGL support.

It's easy to test if your system supports this by using the sterioscopic 3D player "Bino". It can be found in aur:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=41624

Under output, you can select "OpenGL sterio" If it's grayed out, your hardware does not support quad buffered openGL, and therefore no sterioscopic gaming.

Best regards,
Cedric